By Deeksh
Many of us generally associate innovation with gizmos and gadgets. But these are just the more visible products of technical innovation and certainly not the most important innovations, which are related to the very foundational structures of an economy.
Institutional structures such as the constitution of the state, judiciary, the educational institutions, legislature, and the market, should be strong enough for any country to become INDEPENDENT!!
The ability to innovate and help evolve these institutions depends on the degree of freedom that individuals in society enjoy.
We can enjoy burly degree of freedom, if we can come-up with innovative ideas that permit us better tomorrow.
So what determines the degree of freedom? Ultimately it is the collective spirit of the society which grants to itself whatever freedoms it chooses. Another word for the phrase “collective spirit” could be culture.
How many of us value freedom?
Hey, not the political freedom that was obtained decades ago from British colonial rule. But the freedom that affects individuals in their day to day living and working.
So, now tell me – What is freedom for you?
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.
ReplyDeleteHi Deeksh, small but nice post...I personally believe dat one should speak of freedom only if his/her mind is rational and free..ppl shd not speak of liberty/freedom if der mind is rusting and is in chains of prejudice, caste labeling etc..such ppl dnt deserve to even talk about freedom!
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